Early Bird Registration for Island Fedora Institute

--Apologies for cross-posting--

Register now for The Red Island Repository Institute on Prince Edward 
Island - August 11-15, 2008

Register by May 16 and reserve your spot at the Fedora-focused 
Repository Institute on Prince Edward Island, one of Canada's premiere 
travel destinations known for its sandy beaches, golfing, seafood and 
iconic red dirt roads. The 1-week hands-on workshop will be led by 
well-known Fedora "natives" Sandy Payette, Fedora Commons Executive 
Director; Richard Green, Manager, RIDIR, REMAP and RepoMMan Projects, 
e-SIG, Academic Services, University of Hull, and; Matt Zumwalt, 
MediaShelf.

The Institute is hands-on and is targeted at individuals from 
institutions planning or running a repository program and is intended 
for users with a wide range of experience, from managers to 
programmers. Attendees will be provided all the information and tools 
needed to implement and maintain a flexible repository program using 
Fedora. Since the Institute is a combination of lecture and hands-on 
experience, we encourage all participants to bring their own laptops. 
This will allow participants to return to their place of work with a 
fully-functional Fedora installation for further development and 
testing. Those participants who are not able to bring a laptop will be 
provided with one to use for the duration of the Institute.

Register by May 16 for the reduced early-bird fee of $1,500 - after 
that the fee is $1,800. Registration includes meals (except dinners 
for Tuesday to Thursday), special events and all materials.  A 
preliminary workshop agenda and registration form are now available 
at http://vre.upei.ca/riri/
.

If you have questions about the Red Island Repository Institute, 
please contact Mark Leggott at riri@upei.ca.